The University of Tulsa is an NCAA Division I member for all sports and a member of the American Athletic Conference. TU moved into The American on July 1, 2014 after dominating Conference USA with more than double the number of league championships than any other conference school in nine years as a C-USA member.

Since the opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Center in 1998, Tulsa’s athletic facilities have undergone a major facelift. New facilities include the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, the Collins Family Softball Complex, the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium, the J. Bird Sr. Shell Nest, the Jack Zink Indoor Rowing Center, the Case Athletic Complex and major renovation to H.A. Chapman Stadium.

Tulsa -- A three-year letterwinner . . . has played in 30 career games and has three career starts . . . a former walk-on athlete . . . 2006 -- Played in all 13 games . . . started three games including against BYU, UTEP and Houston . . . caught six passes for 55 yards . . . had his first career touchdown reception of six yards vs. BYU . . . had a career-long reception of 15 yards vs. Southern Miss . . . was named to the Conference USA Commissioners Honor Roll . . . 2005 -- Played in all 13 games on special teams . . . totaled two stops on special teams . . . had one tackle each against SMU and Fresno State . . . named to C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll . . . 2004 -- Saw action in the final four games . . . 2003 -- Was one of several freshmen to sit out the season due to red-shirt status . . . Overall -- A multi-purpose receiver . . . an intelligent player . . . has a good understanding of the game . . . an extremely hard worker . . . has developed into the leader of the receiver position . . . also an effective special teams player.

High School -- Was a three-year starter and letterwinner at Regis Jesuit High School . . . started three years on defense and his last two years on offense . . . saw playing time at receiver, quarterback and running back on offense . . . played linebacker, strong safety, free safety and cornerback on defense . . . has career statistics of 900 yards rushing, 500 yards passing and 300 yards receiving, while totaling 115 tackles, six interceptions and three sacks in his three years on defense . . . as a senior, had 870 rushing yards, 150 yards receiving and threw for 500 yards . . . totaled 21 tackles and two interceptions as a senior . . . earned first-team all-conference and was selected as the Team MVP his senior campaiagn . . . tallied 93 tackles and four interceptions as a junior . . . also lettered three years in basketball and two years in baseball . . . high school football coach was Jim Ryan.

Personal -- Enjoys playing golf . . . his favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption . . . the Denver Broncos is his favorite NFL team, and former TU quarterback Gus Frerotte is his favorite NFL player . . . his favorite TV show is "The Simpsons" . . . his favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird . . . if he could play a role in any movie, it would be Walter Mathau's role in The Bad News Bears . . . three words that best describe him are "loyal, dedicated and persistent" . . . if he were not playing college football, he'd be attending culinary school . . . the person, dead or alive, he would most like to meet is Winston Churchill . . . his cousin is former Tulsa offensive lineman Austin Chadwick . . . his father played baseball for four years at Oklahoma State . . . a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes . . . parents are Ronald and Barbara Grooms . . . majoring in marketing.